Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never - YouTube Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 24, 2014 "O sole mio" is a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898. Its lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the music was composed by Eduardo di Capua. There are other versions of "'O sole mio" but it is usually sung in the original Neapolitan language. 'O sole mio is the Neapolitan equivalent of standard Italian Il sole mio and translates literally as "my sunshine". In 1949 U.S. singer Tony Martin recorded "There's No Tomorrow" which used the melody of "'O sole mio". About ten years later, while stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army, Elvis Presley heard the recording and put to tape a private version of the song.

Upon his discharge, he requested that new lyrics be written especially for him, a job that was undertaken by the songwriting duo of Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold, with a demo by David Hill. The rewritten version was entitled "It's Now or Never" and was a worldwide hit for Presley. When performing it in concert in the mid-1970s, Elvis would explain the origin of "It's Now Or Never" and have singer Sherrill Nielsen perform a few lines of the original Italian version before commencing with his version, and what a version it is, it brought him world wide infamy, it's such a good song and I love it to pieces, my hats of to The King on this one, enjoy, Dave Category It's Now Or Never Lyrics - Elvis Presley It's Now Or Never Lyrics translated from English to English Elvis Presley – It's Now Or Never Lyrics Translation in progress. Please wait... Songwriters: AARON SCHROEDER, WALLY GOLD It's Now Or Never lyrics © IMAGEM U.S. LLC, A.

SCHROEDER INTERNATIONAL LLC BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 60s - It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley Sounds of the 60s It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley Bob Stanley dissects the story behind the Elvis classic 'It's Now or Never' Bob Stanley A song we finished in 20 minutes to a half-hour was the biggest song of our career. Wally Gold It was a single that I remember, growing up, as being in all of my friends' parents' record collections. On the black RCA label, in its maroon and white sleeve, It's Now Or Never had been the biggest international hit of Elvis Presley's career, eventually selling an astonishing 25 million copies worldwide. It had been number one in America over the summer of 1960, but British fans had to wait until just before Christmas 1960 to get a copy – this led to huge advance orders and the single entered the charts at number one, back in the days when this was an extraordinarily rare achievement. The melody belonged to O Sole Mio, an Italian song that would become just as familiar to mine and to later generations as Just One Cornetto.

Tony Martin's English-language version, There's No Tomorrow, had been recorded in 1949 - Elvis heard it while he was doing his army service in Germany, and it gave him the idea of doing his own version. He passed the idea on to his publisher, Freddy Bienstock, who was visiting him in Germany. As soon as he was back in New York, Bienstock tasked Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold with the job of writing a new lyric – “Aaron wrote other hits, I wrote other hits,” said Gold, who died in 1998, “but a song we finished in 20 minutes to a half-hour was the biggest song of our career.” Schroeder would go on to write another number one for Elvis, Good Luck Charm, in 1962. The reason for the delay in the UK release of It's Now or Never was because, unlike in the States, O Sole Mio was not in the public domain under UK copyright law, so the original composer, Eduardo Di Capua, had to be listed on the label. After some legal to-ing and fro-ing, the record was finally released in late 1960 with Mr.

Di Capua - and O Sole Mio - both credited on the label. As a stop-gap, before they could get It's Now Or Never into the shops, RCA in Britain had released what I consider to be one of Elvis's very best sixties singles. On the A-side was Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman's piano-led moaner A Mess of Blues – the American B-side of It's Now Or Never - with another Pomus/Shuman song The Girl Of My Best Friend (from the freshly released Elvis is Back! album) on the other side. Both songs were certainly strong enough to be hits on their own, and the Record Mirror chart credited the single as double A-side. It stuck at number 2 in the charts, behind Cliff Richard's Please Don't Tease. When RCA finally released It's Now or Never in November 1960 - with another great song from Elvis Is Back!, Make Me Know It, on the flip - it went on to spend eight weeks at number one, Elvis's longest ever spell at the top. For years, there were rumours that It's Now Or Never had been released as a 78, but I'd never seen one - nor, it turned out, had anyone else.

A few years ago, a copy had reached £9,000 in an online auction before it was withdrawn from sale, assumed to be a fake. As no one has ever seen a copy, it's a safe bet that A Mess Of Blues was Elvis's last shellac hit. By 1960, the seven-inch 45 was king. Next week I'll be looking at the life and too-brief career of Sam Cooke. Aaron Schroeder, Elvis Songwriter : Elvis Articles : : 'For Elvis Fans Only' Official Elvis Presley Fan Club Elvis Articles Songwriter Aaron Schroeder was one of the key figures around the Brill Building in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a songwriter who preferred to collaborate with others, especially in improving the commerciality of a promising song. He liked to say, not entirely in jest, 'I don't read music – that's why I make so much money'. It was with Presley that he had his greatest success, co-writing no fewer than five chart-topping hits for the singer.

A Big Hunk o' Love in 1959 was followed in 1960 with Stuck on You and It's Now or Never, which Schroeder and his co-writer Wally Gold based on the Italian standard O Sole Mio. Good Luck Charm went to No 1 in 1962 and finally I Got Stung, originally a 1958 B-side, made No 1 in Britain on its re-release in 2005. Aaron Harold Schroeder was born in Brooklyn in 1926, was a competent pianist, mostly playing by ear, who was first attracted to the big bands of the 1940s. An early success was with At a Sidewalk Penny Arcade (1948), which was recorded by both Rosemary Clooney and Guy Lombardo. In 1955, he was working as a staff writer for the publishing company Hill and Range when he learnt that they were supplying songs to Elvis Presley, who had been signed to RCA-Victor Records.

Schroeder was asked to improve a song by other staff writers, I Was the One, and the result was the B-side of Heartbreak Hotel and made the US Top 20 in its own right. Schroeder was so impressed with Presley that he said to another songwriter, Clyde Otis, 'I've got a title, Anyway That You Want Me (That's How I Will Be), so let's write the song'. It was released as the B-side to Love Me Tender, and, again, made the US Top 20 in its own right. Schroeder also wrote one of the first tribute songs to Presley, My Boy Elvis by Janis Martin. While serving in the US army, Presley developed a taste for Mario Lanza's recordings and took to singing O Sole Mio for his own amusement. Presley's publisher, Freddy Bienstock , wanted a new English lyric, and Schroeder and Wally Gold wrote It's Now or Never in 30 minutes. The record, which was released in 1960, sold 20 million copies. Schroeder used his windfall to start his own label, Musicor.

Whenever Schroeder was away from home, he would buy his wife, Abby, a new charm for her bracelet. This led to him and Gold composing Good Luck Charm (1962), another trans-Atlantic chart-topper for Presley. Besides writing rock'n'roll songs, Schroeder maintained his contact with more traditional singers. In 1958, Frank Sinatra had a hit with French Foreign Legion and Perry Como with Mandolins in the Moonlight. Nat 'King' Cole recorded two of Schroeder's songs, Sweet Bird of Youth (1959) and Time and the River (1960). Among his other songs were Apron Strings (a hit by Cliff Richard but also tried out by Elvis), Cincinnati Fireball (Johnny Burnette), Make Me Know You're Mine (Conway Twitty) and Because They're Young by Duane Eddy. A fledgling songwriter, Gene Pitney, showed Schroeder his work and Schroeder was so impressed that he encouraged him to become a performer as well as a songwriter, effectively establishing the Musicor label through his success.

Pitney, who sometimes wrote under his mother's maiden name, Anne Orlowski, co-wrote Rubber Ball (a hit for Bobby Vee and Marty Wilde), Today's Teardrops (a B-side for Roy Orbison) and Talkin' in My Sleep (Billy Fury) with Schroeder, while Schroeder placed his song Hello Mary Lou with Ricky Nelson. Schroeder produced many of Pitney's singles, including the Burt Bacharach and Hal David songs The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Only Love Can Break a Heart and 24 Hours from Tulsa, but Bacharach preferred to have control. Schroeder also wanted the publishing rights to the songs and in 1965 there was an argument over Bacharach and David's film song for Pitney, The Fool Killer. Schroeder's wheeling and dealing let him down and the song (about an axe murderer!) was not used in the film and had little application elsewhere. Instead, Bacharach and David shifted their attention to Dionne Warwick. It's Now Or Never : Elvis Presley - YouTube It's Now Or Never : Elvis Presley Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist.

Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 6, 2014 It's now or never, come hold me tight. ๐ขอเดี๋ยวนี้...หากไม่ได้...ก็ไม่ต้อง มาตระกองกอดกันให้หรรษา Kiss me my darling, be mine tonight. มอบจุมพิตหวานชื่นรื่นอุรา เป็นของพี่...เถิดแก้วตาราตรีนี้ Tomorrow will be too late. ๐โอ้ว่าวันพรุ่งนี้ลีลาช้า ก็ยังมาไม่ถึงครึ่งเลยนี่ It's now or never,my love won't wait. ขอเถิดหนา...เดี๋ยวนี้...นะคนดี รักของพี่มิอาจคอยจะน้อยใจ When I first saw you,with your smile so tender.

๐แรกได้พบประสบเจ้าเร้าใจนัก ยิ้มน่ารักของโฉมตรูดูสดใส My heart was captured, my soul surrendered. จับหัวใจมั่นคงของพี่ไว้ เป็นเชลยตรึงใจได้รื่นรมย์ I'd spend a lifetime,waiting for the right time. ๐ใช้ชีวิตที่ผ่านมาอย่างกล้าหาญ เพื่อคอยกาลเวลาพาเหมาะสม Now that your near, the time is here at last. บัดนี้มาใกล้ชิดจิตนิยม อยากชื่นชมเจ้าแล้วหนา...เวลาควร Just like a willow, we would cry an ocean. ๐ดั่งต้นหลิวปลิวไสวคล้ายครวญคลั่ง น้ำตาหลั่งราวสมุทรสุดไห้หวน If we lost true love,and sweet devotion.

หากรักเราไม่เที่ยงแท้สิแปรปรวน ไม่อุทิศช่วงหวานล้วน...ให้แก่กัน Your lips excite me, let your arms invite me. ๐ริมโอษฐ์เจ้าเชิญชวนรัญจวนพี่ อ้อมแขนนี้โอบสมัครรักกระสัน For who knows when,we'll meet again this way. เถอะ...เมื่อไหร่อีกหนาจะพบกัน เพื่อโลมขวัญพิศวาสบาดใจเอย.

ผมเฝ้ารอวันนี้มาทั้งชีวิต ในที่สุดโอกาสนั้นก็มาถึงแล้ว.....It's Now Or Neve เดิมเป็นเพลงพื้นเมืองของ Neapolitan ในอิตาลีชื่อ "O Sole Mio." ความหมายคือ "my sun" มีผู้นำเอามาร้องหลายคนหลายเวอร์ชั่น แต่งเนื้อและทำนองโดย Giovanni Capurro และ Eduardo di Capua.

เนื้อร้องบรรยายถึงความงดงามของพระอาทิตย์ในบ่ายวันหนึ่ง โดยเปรียบเทียบความงดงามของใบหน้าหญิงสาวคนรักที่เป็นเสมือนพระอาทิตย์อีกดวงหนึ่ง ระหว่างที่ Elvis Presley อาสาไปรบในนามของกองทัพอเมริกันที่ประเทศเยอรมัน เขาไปได้ยินเพลงนี้เข้า เกิดถูกอกถูกใจอัดเทปกลับมาแปลงเนื้อร้องใหม่ โดยมอบให้ 2 นักแต่งเพลง Aaron Schroeder และ Wally Gold แต่งในชื่อ It's Now or Never" ออกวางจำหน่ายเป็นแผ่นไวนีลในปี 1960 ติดอันดับหนึ่งของนิตยสารบิลบอร์ดนานถึง 9 สัปดาห์ และยังเป็นเพลงอันดับ 1 ของชาร์ทเพลงอังกฤษ และดังไปทั่วโลก

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It's Now or Never on the compilation album The Essential Elvis Presley (2008) This song has been covered by… It's now or never, come hold me tight Kiss me my darling, be mine tonight Tomorrow will be too late It's now or never, my love won't wait When I first saw you with your smile so tender My heart was captured, my soul surrendered I spent a lifetime waiting for the right time Now that you're near, the time is here, at last It's now or never, come hold me tight Kiss me my darling, be mine tonight Tomorrow will be too late It's now or never, my love won't wait Just like a willow, we would cry an ocean If we lost true love and sweet devotion Your lips excite me, let your arms invite me For who knows when we'll meet again this way It's now or never, come hold me tight Kiss me my darling, be mine tonight Tomorrow will be too late It's now or never, my love won't wait It's now or never, my love won't wait It's now or never, my love won't wait It's now or never, my love won't wait Music by: Elvis at 80 | thebluemoment.com

 Elvis at 80 by Richard Williams on January 7, 2015 Had he lived, Elvis Presley would have been 80 on Thursday, January 8, 2015.

I first heard “Heartbreak Hotel” when I was at boarding school, aged nine, in 1956. I understand what John Lennon meant when he said that Elvis died the day he had his hair cut and put on a military uniform, but I never believed it. All but one of my 10 Elvis favourites come from the post-army period. Here they are. You might find the choice a little eccentric. Baby, I don’t care… 1. “Beyond the Reef” Written by Jack Pitman, a Canadian songwriter, during a visit to Hawaii in 1946, “Beyond the Reef” was covered by Bing Crosby in 1950 and by the Ventures (as an instrumental) in 1961. Elvis recorded it on May 27, 1966 at RCA Studios in Nashville, during the sessions that produced the sacred album How Great Thou Art (as well as his cover of Dylan’s “Tomorrow Is a Long Time”, which almost made this list).

It remained unreleased until 1971, when it surfaced as the B-side of “It’s Only Love”; in 1980 it appeared on a four-CD set titled Elvis Aron Presley. Elvis sings the verses as an extra member of the Jordanaires, emerging to sing lead only on the bridge. On the surface it’s a bit of Polynesian-style kitsch. A little deeper down, it’s a singularly beautiful record of which Ry Cooder would have been proud. 2. “(Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame” I love Elvis when he finds the spaces between genres. This great UK No 1 hit from 1961 takes the Bo Diddley beat and turns it into pure pop music, just like Buddy Holly did with “Not Fade Away”. Acoustic rhythm guitars, what might be a stand-up bass, the drummer using brushes — and, in the bridge, a switch to a fast shuffle, with Floyd Cramer pounding an eight-to-the-bar piano figure. And a tragic little story of heartbreak in the lyric. The song is by Mort Shuman and Doc Pomus, who also wrote the other side of the 45: “Little Sister”.

Along with “Strawberry Fields Forever”/”Penny Lane”, it’s the greatest double A-side in history. 3. “(You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care” Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote this for Jailhouse Rock in 1957. I imagine they borrowed the title from Out of the Past, Jacques Tourneur’s 1947 classic film noir, in which Robert Mitchum, in a clinch with Jane Greer, is reminded of her relationship with a powerful mobster and the trouble that might ensue. “Baby,” he drawls, “I don’t care…” As told by Elvis, the story is very different: “You don’t like crazy music, you don’t like rockin’ bands / You just want to go to a picture show and sit there holding hands…” But the teenage soap-opera words are undercut by the backing, which exemplifies that “crazy music” to the max, with an ominously throbbing intro and the most brutally abrupt ending ever. 4. “The Promised Land” I’ve talked about this song, and Elvis’s great version of it, here (and elsewhere).

Written by Chuck Berry in 1964 and recorded by Presley at the Stax studio in Memphis in 1973, it was perhaps the last genuinely creative act of his life, brilliantly abetted by James Burton and Johnny Christopher on guitars, David Briggs on piano, Per Erik Hallin on electric keyboard, Norbert Putnam on bass guitar and Ronnie Tutt on drums. 5. “Sweet Angeline” Another from the Stax sessions, with a slightly different line-up (including the MGs’ Duck Dunn on bass guitar and Al Jackson Jr on drums), this ballad was written by Chris Arnold, David Martin and Geoff Morrow: three British songwriters. I love the song, for the way it brings the best out of Elvis and for the way the bass fill towards the end of the second bar gives it the hook that makes you play it over and over again. 8. “Dark Moon” I’ve got this on a 1999 RCA CD called Elvis: The Home Recordings. The song was written in 1957 by Ned Miller (later famous for “From a Jack to a King”), and was recorded in a country version by Bonnie Guitar and a poppier rendition by Gale Storm.

Singing with his pals to the accompaniment of his own guitar, apparently in his LA house in Bel Air in 1966 or ’67, Elvis finds an irresistible groove. 9. “It’s Now or Never” All the bells and whistles — the full Neapolitan, in fact — on this remake of Eduardo di Capua’s “O Sole Mio”, the new English lyric written by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold and recorded on April 3, 1960, the day before “The Girl of My Best Friend”. If you agree with Lennon, it’s exactly the sort of thing you’ll hate. Those were the days when I used to write the week’s No 1 in my diary every Saturday night, and I’m not going to apologise. From the same session as “It’s Now or Never”, and a No 2 hit in the UK in 1960. Another Pomus/Shuman classic and an early reminder that, even with his hair still shaved army-style, the King still had it. Happy birthday, Elvis. * The fine photograph was taken by Lloyd Russell Sherman and appeared on the cover of the 1985 LP Reconsider, Baby.

Elvis - The original artists: It's Now or Never ('O Sol Mio) Elvis - The original artists This Elvis Presley blog explores some of the original artists or song / artist stories behind Elvis Presley songs and related material. Pages Monday, 31 January 2011 It's Now or Never ('O Sol Mio) "'O sole mio" is a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898. The lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro, and the melody was composed by Eduardo di Capua. It has been performed and covered by many artists, including such stalwarts of opera as Enrico Caruso, Beniamino Gigli, Mario Lanza, The Canadian Tenors, and The Three Tenors, as well as rock/pop artists such as Bryan Adams, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Vitas (who sings it in a high countertenor range) and Elvis Presley (It's Now or Never). Luciano Pavarotti won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance for his rendition of 'O Sole Mio. Though there are versions in other languages, 'O sole mio is usually sung in the original Neapolitan language.

'O sole mio is the Neapolitan equivalent of Standard Italian Il sole mio and translates literally as "My Sun" (not "Oh My Sun"). is the source and it has both Neopolitan and the English translation of the original lyric on. Enter Elvis In 1915 Charles W. Harrison recorded the first English translation of "O Sole Mio." In 1921, William E. Booth-Clibborn wrote lyrics for a hymn using the music, titled Down From His Glory . In 1949, U.S. singer Tony Martin recorded " There's No Tomorrow ", which used the melody of "O Sole Mio and written by Al Hoffman , Leo Corday , and Leon Carr it charted in 1950 . The recording was released by RCA Victor Records as a 78rpm record ( catalog number 20-3582) and a 45rpm record (catalog number 47-3078). The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on November 4, 1949 and lasted 27 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2 About ten years later, while stationed in Germany with the U.S.

Army, Elvis Presley heard the recording, and put to tape a private version of the song, Upon his discharge, he requested that new lyrics be written especially for him, a job that was undertaken by the songwriting duo of Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold, with a demo by David Hill. The rewritten version was titled " It's Now or Never " and was a worldwide hit for Presley. Robert Matthew Walker in Elvis - A Study in Music comments - " With It's Now or Never we come to one of Presley's greatest performances. This song sold around 10 million copies as a single, and is an English version of a Neopolitan song, 'O Sol Mio' . After a gentle introduction, Presley's first stirring Top E, strong and manly, sets the scene, and the ensuing singing, abetted by Floyd Cramer's graceful piano, adds to the atmosphere. The steady beat is just right and the climax, with Presely soaring up to an incredible G Sharp, is pure magic." The original writers - Eduardo di Capua (March 12, 1865 - October 3, 1917) was an Italian singer and songwriter.

He was born in Naples, Italy in 1865. Together with the poet Giovanni Capurro , di Capua wrote the song " 'O Sole Mio ", which has since been recorded by many singers, both classical and popular. He also wrote "Marie Ah, Marie" (O Marie in English), another Neopolitan song. Eduardo di Capua died in 1917 in Milan, Italy. Giovanni Capurro (February 5, 1859 – January 18, 1920) "was an Italian poet, best remembered today as the co-creator, with singer/composer Eduardo di Capua, of the world famous song, "'O Sole Mio". Capurro was born in Naples. He made his living as a poet and playwright. He is considered to be among the finest nineteenth century Italian poets. The actor Viviani gave his first performance in an established theatre, the Teatro Perella in Basso Porto, in The Street Urchin, a sketch by Capurro.

In 1898, Giovanni Capurro wrote the words to 'O Sole Mio and asked Eduardo Di Capua (who at the time was in Odessa with his orchestra-violinist father) to set it to music. The song was later presented at Piedigrotta 1898, organized by the Round Table promoted by the publisher Bideri, and came in second place after a piece called Napule Bello!. But in popular appeal, this result was quickly overturned. 'O Sole Mio became famous. Even so, it made little money for its creators. Capurro lived in financial scarcity his entire life. An artist for art's sake, he was not concerned about receiving credit for his best-known creation. For thirty years he was associated with the newspaper Rome as a reporter, drama critic, and, late in life, as an administrative employee. Capurro was a devotee of lounges where he sang, played the piano and did amusing imitations. Capurro died in 1920; some sources say in Naples while others say Mexico. City." Writers of the Presley version Wally Gold - Mr. Gold, who wrote songs as Wally Gold, was born in Brooklyn.

After Navy service in World War II, he sang in a quartet, the Four Esquires, before becoming a songwriter. In 1960 he and his partner, Aaron Schroeder, wrote ''It's Now or Never,'' which was recorded by Elvis Presley and became a No. 1 hit. In 1963 Mr. Gold wrote ''It's My Party'' with John Gluck Jr. and Herb Wienner, and it became a best seller for Lesley Gore. Later Mr. Gold worked as a record producer. "Aaron Schroeder was one of the key figures around the Brill Building in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a songwriter who preferred to collaborate with others, especially in improving the commerciality of a promising song. He liked to say, not entirely in jest, 'I don't read music – that's why I make so much money'. It was with Presley that he had his greatest success, co-writing no fewer than five chart-topping hits for the singer.

A Big Hunk o' Love in 1959 was followed in 1960 with Stuck on You and It's Now or Never, which Schroeder and his co-writer Wally Gold based on the Italian standard O Sole Mio. Good Luck Charm went to No 1 in 1962 and finally I Got Stung, originally a 1958 B-side, made No 1 in Britain on its re-release in 2005. Aaron Harold Schroeder was born in Brooklyn in 1926, was a competent pianist, mostly playing by ear, who was first attracted to the big bands of the 1940s. An early success was with At a Sidewalk Penny Arcade (1948), which was recorded by both Rosemary Clooney and Guy Lombardo. In 1955, he was working as a staff writer for the publishing company Hill and Range when he learnt that they were supplying songs to Elvis Presley, who had been signed to RCA-Victor Records.

Schroeder was asked to improve a song by other staff writers, I Was the One, and the result was the B-side of Heartbreak Hotel and made the US Top 20 in its own right. While serving in the US army, Presley developed a taste for Mario Lanza's recordings and took to singing O Sole Mio for his own amusement. Presley's publisher, Freddy Bienstock , wanted a new English lyric, and Schroeder and Wally Gold wrote It's Now or Never in 30 minutes. The record, which was released in 1960, sold 20 million copies. Schroeder used his windfall to start his own label, Musicor. Whenever Schroeder was away from home, he would buy his wife, Abby, a new charm for her bracelet. This led to him and Gold composing Good Luck Charm (1962), another trans-Atlantic chart-topper for Presley." Read more here Posted by Trev Teasdel at ELVIS EXPRESS RADIO I ndex Elvis Presley is associated with many types of music. Most notably he is known as the King of rock n roll. His 3 Grammy award wins were for his gospel works.

He was a fine blues singer and his success as a balladeer is well documented. In the seventies most of Elvis’ album output was basically Country music. Although Elvis is not associated with classical music we do know that at Graceland he had a collection of records of classical music. Of course songs were pitched to Elvis for him to decide to record them. Some of the songs were based on classical music. Strangely this was not always acknowledged on the credits for the songs. “Love me tender” takes its tune from “Aura Lee”. It was originally an American civil war song. Which is ironic bearing in mind the subject of the Elvis film. W.W. Fosdick wrote the original words whilst George Poulton penned the music. Ken Darby wrote the “Love me tender” lyrics for the Elvis’ song. The 1956 Twentieth century fox film in which it appeared change title from “The Reno Brothers” to accommodate the money spinning qualities that the new title brought.

Elvis sang it again in the 1969 MGM movie “The trouble with girls (and how to get into it)” but this time the lyric was re-written as “Violet (Flower of NYU)” by Sid Tepper and Roy Bennett. It was just a very short four lines added to the tune. If you wish to hear the “Aura Lee” version you can hear the wonderful Jim Reeves offering his version on You Tube. “Love me Tender” was a U.S number one. “It’s now or never” was based on “O sole mio”. Elvis had already privately sung the song, as “There’s no tomorrow” whilst in Germany. The Neapolitan song was written in 1898. There was a British TV advert that ran for years depicting a Venetian gondolier in Venice singing “Just one cornetto”, the director probably failed to appreciate Venice is 500 miles from Naples. “It’s now or never” was a worldwide number one and Elvis’ only U.K. million seller. “Surrender” started life as “Torna a surriento” another Neapolitan song composed in 1894 by the brothers de Curtis.

Officially it was registered in 1902. “Come back to Sorrento” as it was known in English had new words added by Mort Shuman and Doc Pumus. “Surrender” was a number one worldwide. The Paramount production “G.I.Blues” had a copyright problem over “Tonight is so right for love” which was based on “Barcarolle” by Jacques Offenbach for his opera “The tales of Hoffman”. The copyright, or the expense of extending the copyright, meant they were unable to use the song’s music in parts of Europe so they recorded a similar song “Tonight’s All right for love” which was based on “Tales from the Vienna Woods” Written by Johann Strauss II in 1868. During the sessions it was referred to as “Vienna Woods rock n roll”. Heinrich Wagner originally wrote “Wooden heart” in 1824 as “Muss I Denn”. The English lyrics apparently took the efforts of Fred Wise Ben Weisman Kay Twomey and Bert Kaempfert. Elvis hit number one in 7 countries but strangely not the U.S. as Joe Dowell covered it and released it in the States.

Elvis’ version was released in 1964 as a B-side. “Shenandoah” is an American folk song dating back to the early 19th century originating as a river shanty (a shipboard working song). It is has undergone many lyric changes and been recorded many times. Elvis’ version was re-written for the MGM 1964 film “Kissin Cousins” and called “Tender Feeling”. Bill Giant, Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye provided the new lyrics. Hungarian Franz Liszt wrote “Today, tomorrow and forever” as “Lieberstraume no3 in A flat” in the 19th century. Elvis recorded it as a duet but this was put in the can and not released until after Elvis died. “Almost always true” began life as the French Canadian tune “Alouette” whose origins are from France and first published in 1879. Fans of the 1968 MGM “Stay away Joe” will recognise the tune again when Elvis sings to himself “lovely Mamie lovely little Mamie”.

“No more” was written as “La Paloma” in 1863 by Sebastian Iradier and became the most popular and most recorded song in history. He died shortly after writing it so he never knew any of the success it enjoyed. Hal Blair and Don Robertson were commissioned to write the English lyrics for Elvis. It featured in the Paramount 1961 “Blue Hawaii” one of Elvis’ biggest films and was one of the better songs. “No more” was, as I recently learned was a number one in Italy and Spain. “Cant help falling in love” was a U.K number one and was based on “Plaisir d amour” by Jean Paul Egide Martini. George Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore provided Elvis’ lyrics. Elvis recorded it for the “Blue Hawaii” soundtrack. Elvis thought a lot of the song certainly enough to close most of his concert shows with it. “Aloha oe” or “Farewell to thee” was written in 1877 by Queen Lili’uokalani, the last reigning queen of Hawaii. Elvis sang it word for word in “Blue Hawaii”.

The “Stay away Joe” opening credits presents Elvis singing “Stay away” which borrows Greensleeves as its tune. Written, (legend has it), by Henry VIII. For Ann Boleyn. Certainly it was written in the 16th century. Sid Tepper and Roy Bennett provided Elvis’ lyrics being one of forty-two songs they wrote for him. “Five sleepy heads” started life as Johannes Brahms “Guten Abend, Gut’Nacht” lullaby. The Elvis lyrics were written by Sid Tepper and Roy Bennett. “Santa Lucia” is a Neapolitan song and was published as a “barcarolla” at Naples in 1849. Teodoro Cottrau wrote it and Elvis recorded it for the “Viva Las Vegas soundtrack and although it was used in the film, It was was not on vinyl until the “Elvis for everyone” album in 1965. “My heart cries for you” is based on an 18th century French melody and Carl Sigman and Percy Faith added the Lyrics. Elvis recorded it in private. The French melody “Chanson de Marie Antoinette”, on which it is based, was purportedly written by the French Queen.

“My country tis of thee” is an American Patriotic song with lyrics by Samuel Smith written in 1831. It has the same melody as “God save the Queen” from which it derived. “Moonlight sonata” is properly known as Piano Sonata no.14 in C Sharp Minor. Ludwig van Beethoven wrote it in the early 19th century. Elvis played the piano composition at the dressing room rehearsals at the 1968 TV special. “Amazing grace” is a Christian hymn by John Newton in 1779. Originally it was a Scottish folk song ”Loch Lomond” and the 17th Century English Hymn “Todlen Hame”. John Rees added a verse in the 19th century and Elvis recorded that in his version. “When we’ve been there ten thousand years…” “Are you lonesome tonight” Originally recorded by Charles Hart in 1927 but made famous by Elvis after the Colonel urged him to record it as it was one of his wife’s favourites.

The spoken part of the song is loosely based on Shakespeare’s “As you like it” and it reads “All the world’s a stage and all men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances and one man in his time plays many parts. Roy Turk and Lou Handman wrote the song. “Auld Lang Syne” is a Scottish poem by Robert Burns in 1788 and is set to traditional folk music of 1687. Emile Berliner originally recorded it in 1890. J S Bach wrote “Ave Maria”. Paul Bernard and Charles Gounod Adapted the First Prelude. Elvis sang it at the International in August 1970. John Wade wrote “Adeste Fideles” in 1743. The tune dates back to the 13th century. Elvis recorded it under the adapted title “O Come all ye faithful”, which was translated from the Latin into English by Frederick Oakley in 1841

Question: Which Elvis Presley hit was simply 'O Sole Mio' with a new lyric?
Answer: It's Now or Never